Multidisciplinary team includes psychologist, social workers and
psychiatrists.

Objectives include the following:

Develop a fund of knowledge that will provide students with the tools
necessary to detect and manage common childhood disorders.

Mastery of broad areas of skills include interviewing techniques,
history-taking and mental status examination of psychiatric symptoms and signs; development of psychiatric differential
diagnoses and a biopsychosocial formulation of childs’ psychiatric illness; and formulation of psychiatric treatment options,
including pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.

The fund of knowledge students must acquire includes the epidemiology,
phenomenology, pathophysiology, treatment, and course of psychiatric disorders.

FREQUENCY OF CALL.

Student will be on call with the chief fellow during duty hours for emergency
evaluations.

Overnight call may be pursued by the student, but is not required.

Weekends will generally be free of obligation.

REQUIRED READINGS.

Each student will participate in introductory seminars and will be responsible
for all readings associated with these.

Additional readings have been selected and will be reviewed and discussed with
a faculty member.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

Each student will be observed by a staff member or fellow conducting an
evaluation of a child or adolescent.

Each student will complete one write-up per week of an evaluation (or follow-up
session) that they have observed or conducted.

Each student will present on a topic of interest at morning report in the
final week of the rotation. The Academic Chief Fellow will help the student in the preparation of this presentation.

HOW ARE STUDENTS EVALUATED?

The student's evaluation will be based on performance on both inpatient and
outpatient experiences.

This evaluation will reflect not only his/her fund of knowledge, ability to
gather and synthesize information, but also his/her motivation, work habits, and interpersonal skills.

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